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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 169, NO. 45 | Tuesday March 30, 2010
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
5 · Lifestyle
8 · Classifieds
10 · Crossword
12 · Sports
School of rock: Second annual
KSCR music festival entertains a
crowd in Founders Park. PAGE 5
Still smiling: Former USC guard
Gabe Pruitt is trying to make his
return to the NBA. PAGE 12
By Christianna Kyriacou
Daily Trojan
Jenny Novak, a second-year graduate student study-ing
geography, was elected president of the Graduate
and Professional Student Senate at Monday night’s
GPSS meeting.
Novak, GPSS’ current campus affairs chair, won a
large enough majority of the senators’ votes to avoid a
run-off. She beat out Edward Ng, a first-year graduate
student studying public policy and urban planning, and
Juanita Price, a first-year graduate student studying ed-ucation.
Novak said one of her main goals is spreading aware-ness
of GPSS.
“The most important thing for us is to focus on in the
beginning is publicity ... so the entire university com-munity
knows about GPSS and so the graduate students
know what a resource we can be for them,” Novak said.
Her long-term goals include establishing a subsi-dized
transit system, continuing her work on improving
sustainability and ensuring a first-year housing guar-antee
for graduate students, she said.
“We want to make sure that our graduate students
are getting the adequate space so that we can have stu-dents
living closer to the community, at least in their
first year here,” she said.
Novak also hopes to ensure that the graduate stu-dent
lounge in the new Ronald Tutor Campus Center
promotes interdepartmental relationships and helps
accomplish other GPSS goals.
Aliya Yousufi, a second-year graduate student study-ing
law and the current GPSS vice president, was elect-ed
for a second term as vice president.
Yousufi, who ran unopposed, told the senators at the
meeting Monday, “This year, I want to do a lot more.”
Yousufi said she has a number of plans to use surplus
Jenny Novak
elected next
GPSS president
The GPSS senators voted Monday night on the
president and other executive board positions.
| see gpss, page 3 |
By aadrita Mukerji
Daily Trojan
The LGBT and Allies commu-nity
will conduct focus groups
for undergraduates Tuesday and
Wednesday evening in an effort to
improve its resources and services
on campus.
“We’re trying to find strate-gies
to truly reflect what students
want so we can move forward ev-ery
academic school year,” said
Vincent Vigil, director of the USC
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender
Resource Center.
The focus groups are part of a
two-tier approach to obtaining
feedback on LGBT resources. The
first step was a 17-question LGBT
perception survey, available at the
resource center’s website for facul-ty,
staff and students.
The events are a joint effort be-tween
the LGBT Resource Center,
a department of student affairs,
and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual &
Transgender Assembly, a student-run
organization that is part of
Program Board.
Vigil introduced the idea of fo-cus
groups in 2007 as a way to bet-ter
represent students’ opinions
and perceptions of the LGBT com-munity.
Vigil emphasized that the
organizers are interested in ideas
from both students who are part of
the LGBT community and students
GLBTA to
hold student
focus groups
Discussions are aimed at
improving the LGBT Resource
Center’s and GLBTA’s offerings.
| see LGBT, page 2 |
James Watson | Daily Trojan
Ready to serve · Jenny Novak, a second-year graduate student studying geography
and the current campus affairs chair for GPSS, was elected president of GPSS on Monday.
By Dara Weinraub
Daily Trojan
After 14 months of discussion among fac-ulty,
students and advisory boards from firms
around Los Angeles, the Marshall School of
Business has adopted a new curriculum that
has received praise from many at USC.
Thirty faculty members led by Marshall’s
Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs
John Matsusaka spearheaded the changes to
the school’s curriculum, which, according to
Matsusaka, had been in place for at least 20
years.
The new curriculum reduces the number
of required entry-level classes and leaves stu-dents
with more space to take electives and
pursue a second major or minor. It will be
in place for all incoming Marshall students,
and current students will have the option of
switching.
“We didn’t change it because we thought
it was a bad program. We changed it because
we didn’t want to stand still,” Matsusaka said.
“We have to keep innovating and thinking
about what our students need for the future.”
According to Matsusaka, globalization is
important, and students must have a glob-al
mind-set to move across disciplinary
boundaries. The new curriculum increases
elective space by 60 percent to allow students
to do just that.
With the current curriculum, if students
did not declare additional majors or minors
their freshman year, many found it difficult to
do so and graduate in four-years.
“I wanted to pursue a computer science
minor last semester, but it would have de-layed
my graduation by two semesters, so I’m
not even taking those classes anymore,” said
Gabe Paul, a sophomore majoring in business
administration.
According to Tyrone Callahan, academ-ic
director of Undergraduate Programs for
Marshall, many of the foundation classes were
reduced by two units to allow students to pur-sue
interests outside of business.
“We took a hard look at the curriculum to
see how efficiently we could deliver the infor-mation,”
Callahan said. “It’s not entirely accu-rate
to say that this class has been added or
eliminated but that the material that is being
delivered has been repackaged.”
Some students question whether the cur-riculum
will be more difficult because funda-mental
classes have been condensed.
“By combining two business classes into
one, it seems like there will be a lot more in-formation
to cover. I wonder if students will
even have time to study for another major or
minor,” said Vivek Shah, a freshman majoring
Marshall announces significant changes to its undergraduate curriculum
New curriculum has fewer requirements
and gives business students more time
to complete a minor or second major.
| see Marshal, page 3 |
Changes to Marshall Curriculum
- 60 percent more space for electives.
- Students can personalize the classes taken
for their senior concentration.
- Foundation courses reduced to provide only
essential information.
- Foundation classes in math, statistics and
economics decreased from 12 units to eight
units.
- Foundation classes in accounting
decreased from eight to six units.
- New capstone class (Data Analysis for
Decision Making) required for all
business majors.
- International programs available for sophomores.
Leah Thompson | Daily Trojan

Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 169, NO. 45 | Tuesday March 30, 2010
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
5 · Lifestyle
8 · Classifieds
10 · Crossword
12 · Sports
School of rock: Second annual
KSCR music festival entertains a
crowd in Founders Park. PAGE 5
Still smiling: Former USC guard
Gabe Pruitt is trying to make his
return to the NBA. PAGE 12
By Christianna Kyriacou
Daily Trojan
Jenny Novak, a second-year graduate student study-ing
geography, was elected president of the Graduate
and Professional Student Senate at Monday night’s
GPSS meeting.
Novak, GPSS’ current campus affairs chair, won a
large enough majority of the senators’ votes to avoid a
run-off. She beat out Edward Ng, a first-year graduate
student studying public policy and urban planning, and
Juanita Price, a first-year graduate student studying ed-ucation.
Novak said one of her main goals is spreading aware-ness
of GPSS.
“The most important thing for us is to focus on in the
beginning is publicity ... so the entire university com-munity
knows about GPSS and so the graduate students
know what a resource we can be for them,” Novak said.
Her long-term goals include establishing a subsi-dized
transit system, continuing her work on improving
sustainability and ensuring a first-year housing guar-antee
for graduate students, she said.
“We want to make sure that our graduate students
are getting the adequate space so that we can have stu-dents
living closer to the community, at least in their
first year here,” she said.
Novak also hopes to ensure that the graduate stu-dent
lounge in the new Ronald Tutor Campus Center
promotes interdepartmental relationships and helps
accomplish other GPSS goals.
Aliya Yousufi, a second-year graduate student study-ing
law and the current GPSS vice president, was elect-ed
for a second term as vice president.
Yousufi, who ran unopposed, told the senators at the
meeting Monday, “This year, I want to do a lot more.”
Yousufi said she has a number of plans to use surplus
Jenny Novak
elected next
GPSS president
The GPSS senators voted Monday night on the
president and other executive board positions.
| see gpss, page 3 |
By aadrita Mukerji
Daily Trojan
The LGBT and Allies commu-nity
will conduct focus groups
for undergraduates Tuesday and
Wednesday evening in an effort to
improve its resources and services
on campus.
“We’re trying to find strate-gies
to truly reflect what students
want so we can move forward ev-ery
academic school year,” said
Vincent Vigil, director of the USC
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender
Resource Center.
The focus groups are part of a
two-tier approach to obtaining
feedback on LGBT resources. The
first step was a 17-question LGBT
perception survey, available at the
resource center’s website for facul-ty,
staff and students.
The events are a joint effort be-tween
the LGBT Resource Center,
a department of student affairs,
and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual &
Transgender Assembly, a student-run
organization that is part of
Program Board.
Vigil introduced the idea of fo-cus
groups in 2007 as a way to bet-ter
represent students’ opinions
and perceptions of the LGBT com-munity.
Vigil emphasized that the
organizers are interested in ideas
from both students who are part of
the LGBT community and students
GLBTA to
hold student
focus groups
Discussions are aimed at
improving the LGBT Resource
Center’s and GLBTA’s offerings.
| see LGBT, page 2 |
James Watson | Daily Trojan
Ready to serve · Jenny Novak, a second-year graduate student studying geography
and the current campus affairs chair for GPSS, was elected president of GPSS on Monday.
By Dara Weinraub
Daily Trojan
After 14 months of discussion among fac-ulty,
students and advisory boards from firms
around Los Angeles, the Marshall School of
Business has adopted a new curriculum that
has received praise from many at USC.
Thirty faculty members led by Marshall’s
Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs
John Matsusaka spearheaded the changes to
the school’s curriculum, which, according to
Matsusaka, had been in place for at least 20
years.
The new curriculum reduces the number
of required entry-level classes and leaves stu-dents
with more space to take electives and
pursue a second major or minor. It will be
in place for all incoming Marshall students,
and current students will have the option of
switching.
“We didn’t change it because we thought
it was a bad program. We changed it because
we didn’t want to stand still,” Matsusaka said.
“We have to keep innovating and thinking
about what our students need for the future.”
According to Matsusaka, globalization is
important, and students must have a glob-al
mind-set to move across disciplinary
boundaries. The new curriculum increases
elective space by 60 percent to allow students
to do just that.
With the current curriculum, if students
did not declare additional majors or minors
their freshman year, many found it difficult to
do so and graduate in four-years.
“I wanted to pursue a computer science
minor last semester, but it would have de-layed
my graduation by two semesters, so I’m
not even taking those classes anymore,” said
Gabe Paul, a sophomore majoring in business
administration.
According to Tyrone Callahan, academ-ic
director of Undergraduate Programs for
Marshall, many of the foundation classes were
reduced by two units to allow students to pur-sue
interests outside of business.
“We took a hard look at the curriculum to
see how efficiently we could deliver the infor-mation,”
Callahan said. “It’s not entirely accu-rate
to say that this class has been added or
eliminated but that the material that is being
delivered has been repackaged.”
Some students question whether the cur-riculum
will be more difficult because funda-mental
classes have been condensed.
“By combining two business classes into
one, it seems like there will be a lot more in-formation
to cover. I wonder if students will
even have time to study for another major or
minor,” said Vivek Shah, a freshman majoring
Marshall announces significant changes to its undergraduate curriculum
New curriculum has fewer requirements
and gives business students more time
to complete a minor or second major.
| see Marshal, page 3 |
Changes to Marshall Curriculum
- 60 percent more space for electives.
- Students can personalize the classes taken
for their senior concentration.
- Foundation courses reduced to provide only
essential information.
- Foundation classes in math, statistics and
economics decreased from 12 units to eight
units.
- Foundation classes in accounting
decreased from eight to six units.
- New capstone class (Data Analysis for
Decision Making) required for all
business majors.
- International programs available for sophomores.
Leah Thompson | Daily Trojan